Canada· CA-DIN-00042560
MAXIDEX
A dexamethasone product containing dexamethasone, registered in Canada by NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CANADA INC. The same ATC class is registered in 13 of our 19 countries.
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Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Dexamethasone is registered in 13 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC S01BA01 (dexamethasone), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: Canada, from Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada)
- 8 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Dexamethasone · ATC S01BA01
13 / 19 countries
- Belgiumprice
- Canada
- Czechiaprice
- Denmark
- Finlandprice
- Icelandprice
- Ireland
- Netherlands
- Norwayprice
- Polandprice
- Switzerlandprice
- United Kingdom
- United Statesprice
Price per daily dose
What a daily dose of dexamethasone costs, country by country.
Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (0.2 mg), so markets compare like for like.
- 1 market with a comparable price for this class
- Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
Dexamethasone · price per daily dose (0.2 mg)
USD · FX 28 Sept 2026
- CH Switzerland$362.24
The record
At a glance
Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada)- Active substance
- DEXAMETHASONE
- Manufacturer
- NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CANADA INC
- Country
- Canada (CA)
- ATC code
- S01BA01
- ATC class
- Dexamethasone
- Defined daily dose
- 0.2 mg, AT
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada)
- Last checked
- October 1, 2026
Packs & prices · 0
No packs listed by the register for this record.
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Interactions
96 interactions on record for dexamethasone.
Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 41 moderate. Severity grades are free for everyone; mechanism and management come with Growth.
- Severity for every pair — free, no plan needed
- The source, licence and sync date on every record
- Mechanism and what to do for each pair — Growth plan
Dexamethasone · interactions on record
96 records
- 41 moderate
- 55 minor
Most severe, free to view
- MiconazoleA07AC01moderate
- LonafarnibA16AX20moderate
- VoxelotorB06AX03moderate
- ConivaptanC03XA02moderate
- Interaction severity from DDInter 2.0 (Xiong G. et al., Nucleic Acids Res.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for non-commercial use only; not covered by the Drug Database commercial licence.
Same medicine, other countries
Dexamethasone in 17 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- United KingdomDecadron 4mg tabletsCST Pharma Ltd
- United StatesdexamethasoneMajor Pharmaceuticals
- CzechiaDEXAMETHASONE KRKAKrka, d.d., Novo mesto, Novo mesto
- PolandCovexanZakłady Farmaceutyczne POLPHARMA S.A.
- GermanyDexaHexal Ag
- SpainAMEXXINE 1 MG/ML COLIRIO EN SOLUCIONPharmaselect International Beteiligungs Gmbh
- Japanデキサメタゾン日新製薬（山形）
- NetherlandsAxium-Opto 1mg/ml oogdruppels, oplossing in verpakking voor eenmalig gebruikUni-Pharma Kleon Tsetis Pharmaceutical Laboratories S.A
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 31 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Austria · Dexamethason Hcs, Dexamethason Kalceks
- Belgium · Darazon, Dexalis
- Bulgaria · Dexanova, Дeксаметазон Крка
- Cyprus · Axium-Opto, Decadron
- Czechia · Dexamed, Dexamethasone Fmk
- Germany · Dexa, Dexa Edo
- Denmark · Axiumopto, Dexacur
- Estonia · Caltrixan, Dexamethason Krka
- Spain · Amexxine, Dexafree
- Finland · Axiumopto, Dexacur
- France · Aflavis, Dectancyl
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Dexafree, Dexamethason Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Europe
- Greece · Amelinor, Axium
- Croatia · Darazur, Deksametazon Kalceks
- Hungary · Darazur, Dexamethasone Kalceks
- Ireland · Dexafree, Dexamethasone Activase Pharmaceuticals
- Iceland · Dexametason Abcur, Dexamethason Krka
- Italy · Amexzur, Cortmuper
- Liechtenstein · Neofordex, Ozurdex
- Lithuania · Dexamethason Krka, Dexamethasone Kalceks
- Luxembourg · Dexalis, Dexamethasone Kalceks
- Latvia · Dexamethason Krka, Dexamethasone Kalceks
- Malta · Axium-Opto, Decadron
- Netherlands · Axium-Opto, Dexamethason
- Norway · Dexacur, Dexametason Abcur
- Poland · Covexan, Darazur
- Portugal · Amexzur, Decadron
- Romania · Dexametazonă Fosfat Krka, Dexametazona Krka
- Sweden · Axiumopto, Baxil
- Slovenia · Deksametazon Krka, Deksametazon Medochemie
- Slovakia · Amexxine, Dexametazón Krka
Source: European Medicines Agency, Article 57 product data.
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For developers
The same record over the API, and the raw payload
GET /v1/drugs/2deacf85-dfcf-46b7-89a1-6895bf51a8ed GET /v1/drugs/2deacf85-dfcf-46b7-89a1-6895bf51a8ed?format=fhir
Every response carries last_synced_at, so freshness is a field rather than a promise. Below is exactly what the ingestion wrote, before any presentation — the same JSON the API returns under payload.
{
"din": "00042560",
"form": "SUSPENSION",
"class": "Human",
"routes": [
"OPHTHALMIC"
],
"source": "health_canada_dpd",
"status": "MARKETED",
"atc_raw": "S01BA01",
"schedule": [
"Prescription"
],
"drug_code": "2620",
"strengths": [
"0.1 %"
],
"ahfs_class": null,
"substances": [
"DEXAMETHASONE"
],
"product_categorization": null
}See everything about dexamethasone.
This page is the registration. A free account adds the label text as the regulator wrote it, what it costs per daily dose across the markets that publish a price, a feed of what changes in the registers, and an assistant that answers with its sources. Interaction severity is free; mechanism and management are on the Growth plan. No card, nothing to install.